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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/64278368

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/britishcolumbia/p/2030750/alberni-pacific-rail-celebrates-extension-of-usable-rail-line-saturdayalberni-pacific-r

Alberni Pacific Rail along with its partners cut a ribbon marking an extension of its usable rail line before the upcoming tourist season

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.ee/c/solarpunktravel/p/139546/polish-rail-operator-launches-special-unhurried-weekend-trips-in-1980s-trains

Polish state rail operator PKP Intercity is launching a series of journeys along picturesque routes in restored 1980s trains to celebrate its anniversary and allow passengers to “discover new regions of the country at a leisurely pace”.

The weekend-only service, called “Nieśpieszny” (“Unhurried”), will begin operating on 17 April and will offer 40 journeys across all regions of Poland, with routes changing each week

I want to build a train in modded Minecraft which would fit into a realistic-ish solarpunk theme. My limited creativity left me with electric freight trains, however I'm sure that you have a great taste in pretty trains or a cool website with tons of train pictures, so I want to have your opinions.

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An actual, good-ol'-fashioned train robbery!

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Bryan Burton Photography dpSeootnrs982486afh29013cih51f7i5t127th409u3fg47278164th1hcc · New Haven, IN · Nickel Plate Road 765 in Angola during the Rolling Victory event. 08/2024 #nikon #bdbptnkp — at Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society.

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Travel for this past Sunday’s rout of the New York Giants looked a bit different for Jackson and the Ravens, who improved to 9-5 on the season before returning to Baltimore ahead of Saturday’s marquee rematch with the Pittsburgh Steelers that could decide the division. They chartered a private Amtrak train out of Baltimore’s historic Penn Station. Turns out a lot of the players prefer it to flying — at least for shorter trips.

Moving trucks, likely carrying equipment, still left the team’s Owings Mills practice facility Friday afternoon. But the whole team, including trainers and staff, made the roughly two-hour-and-change train ride north, according to a team spokesman. Some players said that train travel is physically less demanding on the body, while others like that it’s easier to hang out with each other in a train car than in a plane cabin.

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In the first month of its electric train service, Caltrain saw over 753,000 passengers — a 54% increase from October 2023 and its best ridership numbers since the coronavirus pandemic, according to new figures released by the transit agency.

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